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BAKING BLIND IN HAMPSHIRE

On September 16, 2019 By Disability Talk In Featured, Penny

By Penny Melville-Brown “Thanks to the support of Hampshire County Council and so many others of you around the country, I have been able to continue the Baking Blind world cooking tour after I got …

BAKING BLIND IN SAN FRANCISCO

On December 10, 2018 By Disability Talk In Sylvia Mac, Featured, Penny

Penny Melville-Brown of Hampshire, UK, captures the essence of her Baking Blind world tour in a five minute ‘soundscape’ video specially designed for other visually impaired people. CLICK HERE to watch But it still has plenty …

A TWIST OF FATE INTERRUPTS WORLD TOUR

On March 4, 2018 By Disability Talk In Featured, Penny, Sylvia Mac

By Penny Melville Brown It was an untimely end for me and Baking Blind: in France just before Christmas scoping out more cooking opportunities, I was involved in a serious car accident. Watch the video …

NAVAL HISTORY STILL INSPIRES

On December 14, 2017 By Disability Talk In Featured, Penny, Sylvia Mac

Penny Melville-Brown James Holman was a truly remarkable man: he was just a young Royal Naval Lieutenant aged 22 when he lost his sight. Undaunted, he used his personal charm, charisma and determination to travel …

BAKING BLIND AND THE DRAMA OF AN AIR & SEA RESCUE!

On November 9, 2017 By Disability Talk In Featured, Penny

By penny Melville-Brown OBE A few hours and life lurched from one extreme to another: a truly enlightening morning getting a glimpse of bush tucker with aboriginal Fred followed by high drama of nephew and …

CHONGQING, CHINA & BAKING BLIND

On November 6, 2017 By Disability Talk In Featured, Penny

Penny Melville-Brown OBE Chongqing in China is the biggest and most exciting city on Earth. For richness of experience, this is the place: bustling, teeming, throbbing with life, developing, exploding, cutting edge, fascinating, stimulating and …

BAKING BLIND GOES DOWN UNDER

On October 30, 2017 By Disability Talk In Featured, Penny, Sylvia Mac

Penny Melville-Browne OBE You might not have heard of Kiama, a delightful seaside town about 2 hours south of Sydney by road. It will be my first proper stop in Australia with old friends Rosemary …

WHEN SERVING YOUR COUNTRY CAN BRING A DEATH SENTENCE

On October 19, 2017 By Disability Talk In Sylvia Mac, Penny

BY PENNY MELVILLE BROWN OBE There’s a link between the US military and a higher chance of having ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig Disease) – more familiar to us in the UK as …

BLIND COOK AND A POT OF HONEY IS A RECIPE FOR STICKINESS EVERYWHERE

On September 29, 2017 By Disability Talk In Penny

From Penny Melville-Brown OBE, Baking Blind, Disability Dynamics, food, cooking, Holman prize, WRNS 100, recipes, disability, visual impairment, blind, war pensioner, veteran, Lighthouse, honey cake, Steven Edwards, Sydney Ferrario, walnuts, honey. “One of the joys …

BAKING BLIND GOING GLOBAL

On September 18, 2017 By Disability Talk In Guest Commentators, Featured, Penny

Our ‘blogger’ and international prize winner, Penny Melville-Brown from Hampshire, will be travelling over coming months in the USA, Costa Rica, China, Australia, Malawi and Europe. Having been selected from over 200 candidates from 27 …